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priet now at 4:30 -- right now at 4:30 boston's first medical marijuana dispensary opens today. >> a new plan to help you know more about the restaurants you are eating at. the proposal for letter grades being debated in boston today. >> another late night on the road for the red sox. how boston let away. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you it's 4:30 i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. it's wednesday, august 3rd it feels like wednesday. >> poor chris we have to take it easy. >> i must have slept on it. >> are you going to. >> yeah hey what's going on
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know. >> now you will lie flat while i do the weather cast. good morning. it's 64 in boston right now. we are in the 50s for a lot of the suburbs. it's a cool start. 51 degrees in norwood and 59 in worcester and 55 orange to keene and upper 50s to 60s on cape cod. nothing going on. the only thing we have to get through is fog locally dense quarter mile visibility from orange up to vermont and mile and 1/3 in bed fore. once the fog burns -- bedford. once the found burns off we are -- once the fog burns off we are in for a beautiful day. beautiful mostly sunny, 78 by lunchtime a light sea breeze will kick in keeping the coastline in the upper 70s and we climb into the low to mid- 80s through the interior plenty of sunshine. 82 for the ride home 70s at the
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coming up in a few minutes. right now police in billerica investigating two armed robberies that may be connected. the first happened at the 129 liquor store on salem road last night. then a short time later's woman was mugged a few miles away on boost -- later, a woman was mugged in a few-- a few miles away on boston road. boston's first merchandise cal marijuana dispensary will open a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 10 the dispensary will be opened for patients later this afternoon. pot duct for the boston dispensary is grown at a cultivation site in lowellch the company can says they are prepared to handle 150 kust can merse a day. and -- customers a day and more than 200 state certified patients preregistered. a mechanic accused of taking photos up a woman's skirt.
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police say he was working in the pit area of a garage in tewksbury underneath a car when he took pictures up a female customer's dress. she told police she saw him holding the phone and pointing in her correction and he pointed the 500 dollar bail after his arraignment yesterday. and police say two men tried to intimidate officers by talking about police shootings after stopping them tuesday, officers found a loaded handgun and large capacity rifle. both face adjudge on weapons charges. they are -- faced a judge on drug and weapons charges. police were also concerned the men were monitoring them using a phone app that played a live feed of the salem police scanner. a wake will be held for the 7-year-old boy who drowned at a city run summer camp. last night the family held a vigil. kyzr willis drowned in the water 20 yards off carson
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how to swim. friends and family released balloons into the air in memory of kyzr. >> a lot of people didn't know my if he yew -- nephew but they came and looked for them we want to thank the police and coast guard and quincy police and the first responders that did everything they could to find him. >> kyzr's wake will be in mattapan today followed by a funeral tomorrow. over to campaign 2016 this morning, a top republican is endorsing hillary clinton for president. meg whitman says donald trump is reckless and uninformed and would put our national security in danger. the hewlett packard executive is encourage canning all republicans to vote for clinton. the gop nominee is taking on leaders in his own party over criticism of his controversial comments. the comments appear to be impacting trump's poll numbers. wbz kate merrill has the
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virginia donald trump face as small very -- faces a small very unhappy in the crowd a crying baby and first plays it off. >> don't worry about the baby i love babies. >> reporter: moments later an about face. >> i was kidding you can get the baby out. >> reporter: the focus was supposed to be on veterans and even a purple heart. >> a man came up to me and he handed me his purple heart. i wanted to get the purple heart. this five draft deferments is under attack from veterans over his comments about the khan family who lost their son fight for the u.s. but the supporters. >> he made it fare game when he went on national television. >> reporter: when asked about trump the president didn't hold back. >> he doesn't appear to have basic knowledge around critical
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>> reporter: the slam left trump unphased. >> he's's one of the worst -- he's been one of the worst presidents and for him to call me out is an honor. >> reporter: this trump says he won't support speaker paul ryan or arizona senator mccain in the primaries. more chaos claims elizabeth warren and reason not to vote trump. >> just when you think that donald trumpp can't pull -- trump can't pull another one and demonstrate more president of the united states, boy, he manages to top even himself. >> reporter: it was in washington post interview tuesday that trump also slammed new hampshire senator kelly ayotte calling her weak and disloyal she took to twitter on tuesday saying i call it like i see it and stand up for new hampshire families. kate merrill wbz this morning. >> speak of donald trump, the public won't see his testimony
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yesterday, a federal judge denied a request to grant news organizations full transcripts and video of trump's recent deposition. trump suggested that judge kuriel may be biased because of his stance on illegal immigration. more dnc employees are out of a job over the e-mail scandal. democratic national convention committee chief finance officers and communications director have resigned as well as the dnc chief exece. published by wikileaks appear to show a biased towards hillary clinton and against bernie sanders during the primary season. massachusetts is getting more money to fight the zika. 200,000 dollars from the cdc defined it and congressman lynch wants law makers to reconvene in an emergency session to consider the president's 2 billion dollar request to fight the zika
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aerial spraying of a 10 square mile area surrounding the so- called zika zone. they are 15 cases there. the first emergency response team from the cdc arrived in miami yesterday. officials are concerned the ms keeto carrying the zika may be resisting insecticides. the letter grades could be on full display at restaurants across boston. today the city council is meeting to discuss the proposal from mayor walsh. the plan would require restaurants and food trucks to display the grades from in a daily fine of $300. new overnight, things it will apart for the red sox -- fell apart for the red sox in seattle. it was a strong start for david price, and price gives up a soul heo home run in the 8th -- solo home run and a few single base runners allowed. fernando gave up a 3-run homer to kano to cap off the comeback
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james taylor is returning to fenway tonight. legender'sy singer and huge sox fans will perform in fronted after the sold out -- front of a sold out crowd along with jackson brown we will see if he performs angels of fenway such a legend. >> he is. coming up, on wbz this morning,gap under fire. >> back to school clothing campaign some are calling sexist. >> also ahead a local family heart broken answers. why they are blaming the mspcs for the death of their cay-- mspca on the death of their cat. >> and fish that are flopping as you see in the video. reason from experts coming up
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welcome back. in today's money watch a recall at starbucks and the new technology for your smart phone. >> plus, key economic numbers due out this morning. jill wagner is live with those stories and more for us. good morning jill. >> reporter: good morning chris and kathryn. wall street is talking jobs this week. this morning adp releases the number on the private sector job growth for july.
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releases a more complete jobs report for the month. strong job growth makes it more leekly the fed will raise interest rates this year. starbucks is recalling the stainless steel straws because of injuries to kids. the reusable straws are ridgeed and can -- rigged and can poke children in the mouth and cause cuts. critics say gaps ooheds in the uk is se gender stereo shots. the caption calls a boy little scholar and girls kitten ears and the caption reads social butterfly they wanted to celebrate every child and didn't mean to offend anyone. ionstein is spelled incorrectly on the shirts. and samsung latest tablet the galaxy 7 goes on sale august
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can be unlocked by look at it instead of with a pass code. >> that's interesting. >> i am stuck on the ionstein being -- ionstein being spelled -- ionstein being -- einstein being spelled wrong. >> we will see you next hour. weather time. >> i know it's weather time and it's cooler out there this morning. it's not quite as bad. >> it's comfortable a it's a nice change. danielle says it will be a nice beach day. sun comes up. that's the one thing losing sunlight this month. >> no. don't bring it newspaper kathryn is in denial. >> total denial but it will be better to go to sleep early as it gets darker. beautiful shot of boston with clear skies and it's a cooler start. it's 64 in the city and 52 in taunton a lot of the suburbs have dipped into the 50s from concord new hampshire to
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taunton. 60 in plymouth. with the clear skies and light wind with the moisture left overon the ground from yesterday. we have a little bit of patchy fog. half mile visibility in bedford. logan airport is fine. back to the south shore but it's a mile and 3/4 visibility in taunton and lawrence and locally dense from orange back up to the lower connecticut river valley. once the fog burns off by mid- morning for most of us. nothing going on of going to be a picture perfect day with mostly sunny skies and low humidity. a little sea breeze and light wind off the ocean. in the upper 70s to low 80s from boston to rockport and plymouth. 75 to near 80 on cape cod and way way -- away from the oceaninfluence lower to middle 80s. tonight, clear and cool and once again, 60s when you come into boston but 50s in most of
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fog that develops. that burns off tomorrow. another beauty. 85 in boston tomorrow. mid to upper 80s north and west of town and 88 in manchester. 84 in worcester tomorrow. lower 80s along the south coast and south shore and then another great day on cape cod is in the 70s. high pressure is in control. the threat for any thunderstorms today we are not talking about wet weather this afternoon or tomorrow. there will be a few storms to the north and the next chance of any wet weather for us doesn't come until tst the weekend. here's friday match a few patchy morning clouds and fog burn off beautiful end to the week and warmer and here's the cold front. that will bring at least a threat for some thunderstorms as we head into the start of the weekend on saturday. with warmth and humidity as well. that includes the pan mass challenge a hot one on saturday. warm and muggy. chance of a thunderstorm and there will be less humid air that comes in for sunday. each morning starts in the 60s right around 80 on cape cod on
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mostly sunny and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s into looks good. a framingham family demands answers. they are blaming the mspca for killing their cat. the pet named wishbone was picked up mistakenly thought to be a stray. >> the shelter put wishbone down and says given the circumstances, it did the right thing. wbz paula ebben takes a closer look at the controversy. >> by the time you realize your cat is dead? it seems like something is not right. >> reporter: laura and allen say their beloved cat wishbone had been part of the family for 14 years. >> he was like the only brother i ever had and not having him is really like i am missing a part of me almost. >> reporter: last week wishbone went missing. for two days, the family searched. that's when laura learned a new neighbor found the cat wandering and took him to the mspca in boston because she
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in your community. don't take someone's beloved pet and take it into the inner city 20 miles away and expect them to be able to have a chance to get their pet back. >> reporter: the mspca says they cared for wishbone for two and a half days but because wishbone had no identification and was ill, they decided to euthanize him. >> the health care needs were so advanced we wouldn't be able to meet them long-term in the an humanely euthanize them le suat situation we did the best we could. >> reporter: the family says more should have been done to get ahold of them. >> this is a loveed-- loved family pet and don't tell meow cpt handle diabetic animal for a week and make an attempt to call the town they came from. >> the mspca says it's criticalyour pet has proper identification so they can
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flopping on the shores of the beach in orleans. they are called men hayden and they are a herring and experts saturday the new england aquarium says it's -- the most likely explanation is they are trying to escape predators probably bluefish and are driven on the shore. >> bluefish are pushing them into shallow water to increase the possibility they will be able -- probability they will be able to with each pass have disabled. >> the aquarium tells us this is part of the natural life cycle of the fish and it happens every year. it's 4:49 right now. ahead, a proposed pokemon go ban here in massachusetts. >> the new push to stop some people from having access to the popular game. >> and facing fines for a chemical explosion. the local plant now being cited. the mistakes they are accused
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it's 4:52. checking our top stories, police in billerica are investigating two armed robberies that may be connected. the first happened at the 129 liquor store on salem road last night. a short teem later's woman was -- time later's woman was did -- later, a woman was mugged on boston roadch the suspect description was similar in both cases. if you have information, call police. boston's first medical
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today. a ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 10 at patriot care on milk street. the dispensary will be opened for patients later this afternoon. all the product for the boston dispensary is grown at a cultivation site in lowell. the company tells the global they are prepared to handle 1 50 customers a day armonday toward-- global they are prepared to handle 150 customers a day. big names support for the massachusetts ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana. the globe reports boston city council president michelle wu and at this timeo jackon -- ti- to jackson will -- tito jackson will announce their support mayor wall -- walsh and governor baker are against the -- baker are against it. a woman's estranged husband confessed to killing her.
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carmella sanders. he turned himself in and admitted to committing the crime. saunders find for -- filed for divorce and restraining order stating i fear for my life. >> no one wants to believe that somebody who loves you for a day or 27 years might be capable of taking your life. so our message really is to people is to talk to a domestic violence trained advocate who can reality of your situation. >> if you or someone you know are in a abusive relationship jane doe incorporated has resource and we posted the information on cbsboston.com. new push in massachusetts to ban people from playing the pokemon go game. one local lawmakers is proposing a bill banning sex offenders from the game that is taken over public pastes-- spaces including the boston common.
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features of the game to lure children. a a chemical plant made serious mistakes that likely contributed to a january explosion. they are now facing more than 129,000 dollars in fines. the labor department says the company failed to properly design, inspect, maintain and operate the chemical process that led to the fire and explosion. four workers were hurt in this and the company is appealing. hundreds of animals from a massachusetts farm are temporary shelter this morning. after being found living in squallor. hundreds of dead and injured animals were kiss covered can on a westport farm. two dozen people are being investigated and may face charges. police say they found a similar situation on the same property back in 2010. police are searching for a thief who stole a try sickel belonging to a -- tricycle belonging to a teen. the bike is blue with a brown
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concert by will smith. >> they were playing his hit song during the commercial break when he decided to jump in. take a look. ? here it is ? [ music ] ? ? [ music ] ? what about a groove to soothe the romance. >> he is so good. right? he was on the show to promote the latestmo which hits theaters on friday. i wish he would do more music. >> welcome to miami. >> yeah i know. >> one of my favorite jams. top stories and weather and traffic ahead on wbz. >> the news at 5 starts right now. right now at a-- at 5, police in billerica investigating two armed robberies. the search to figure out if they are connected. >> boston first marijuana dispensary is opening their doors today we have a closer
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to restaurants in boston taking over center stage at city hall today. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 5:00 thanks for joining us. i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser it's wednesday august 3rd and we need a check of the forecast. it's going to be a great day today. >> it's going to be gorgeous. aid cool start this morning ri going tonight rule today. temperatures coming into the 70s and 80s. 63 in boston right now. we dipped into the 50s in the suburbs. 52 in norwood. middle 50s from keene to orange and fitchburg. lower 60s for many of us from the the south shore to hyannis. look at the satellite and radar. nothing going on. once we burn off the fog, which is pappy but low -- patchy but locally dense we will get into the sunshine. quarter mile visibility in bedford. be aware of that orange to
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